Grim reality in rhyme

A cry of revolt a message of hope

Decaying bodies by the tens are still being extracted
The post-devastation era has already started
Human solidarity and reaching out
In all of Lebanon's whereabouts
Israel however still confines our country in its grip
For fuel and aid we need a permission slip
Our 1200 deaths vs. 2 alive is still the equation
Revolting, shocking, disgusting, but there is no comdemnation
A "triumph of diplomacy" would be at least to get that
And from Syria, that elusive and essential tract
Our prayers is that tolerance will continue to reign
Justice and humanity with no room for disdain
"No Violence" for creed and above all tolerance
Human death is human death regardless of "moral equivalence"*
No peace without justice and no war can be named good
How many more deaths before this is understood??
Might makes right but only for an interim
Until this is learnt our times remain grim
A verse of hope that this we all acquire
For a solid peace in the world entire

* In reference to Bolton's line on lack of moral equivalence between Israeli and Lebanese death.